Tuesday Morning QuarterbackIt’s tough to rate Tom Brady. We know what he’s done. Which is more than any other active quarterback. But you weigh that against what he’s doing now. Which isn’t much. The top two quarterbacks stay the same this week with no one playing at Peyton Manning’s level. But there are massive changes after Drew Brees at No. 2:Quarterback ……………….. (Last week’s ranking)

1. Peyton Manning, Broncos (1)

No coach, no commentator, no player has ever mastered the game of football like this guy is now. His pace through four games last week of 64 touchdown passes seemed silly – except he’s still on pace for 64 TDs through five games.

Definitely a worthwhile read as King was given access to a couple quarterback meetings, a team meeting, and at least one private throwing session with Tim Tebow.

A couple nuggets I found enlightening: One, as much as Broncos coach Josh McDaniels has said there’s no issue with Tebow’s delivery, he and quarterback coach Ben McDaniels sure spend a lot of extra time working on Tebow’s delivery. After a typical team practice and break, Tebow frequently heads to the team’s indoor facility and throws an extra 150 or so passes, with the emphasis on his mechanics.

And two, during one meeting, veteran guard/center Russ Hochstein suggested a blocking scheme that was a bit more sophisticated than what the team had been running during offseason training activities. McDaniels told Hochstein, in so many words, that the offensive line needs to handle algebra before it can move on to calculus.

McDaniels, remember, got his college degree in math. He demands his quarterbacks to know the pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2). He likes math metaphors.

In a private chat with McDaniels, King goes right at the coach about the perception of nepotism in having younger brother Ben oversee Tebow’s development. Big brother emphatically endorses Ben. I have gotten to know Ben in the past year and there is something special about the guy. Besides, if nepotism was forbidden, Rex Ryan would not be coaching the New York Jets, Wade Phillips would not be coaching the Cowboys, Mike Nolan would not be an NFL defensive coordinator, and Kyle Shanahan and Jeremy Bates would not be offensive coordinators.

Long live, nepotism.

King also came away reinforcing what Denver Post readers have long been told _ that Tebow would be used immediately in short-yardage and goal-line situations, and his time as a starter would come sooner rather than later.

It’s official: Don Martindale is the Broncos new defensive coordinator.

Martindale, who goes by the nickname “Wink”, becomes the Broncos’ fifth defensive coordinator in as many years.

This is a move that will go over very well in the locker room. Wink is well liked by his players, and several had endorsed him for the defensive coordinator job as soon as the job came open about 10 days ago. I asked a linebacker earlier this week to explain why Martindale was a good choice. Here’s what he said:

“Everything. He’s smart, he knows football. He does his research, listens. He’s firm, he has us prepared. Just a good coach.”

But the casual Broncos fan might still be wondering, “Who?”

Unlike the Broncos previous defensive coordinator, Mike Nolan, Martindale isn’t a big NFL name. So here’s a primer on the man who will be calling the Broncos defense in 2010.

Coaching background: After several years coaching at the high school level in Ohio, Martindale spent a decade as a college coach (Notre Dame, defensive assistant 1994-95; Cincinnati, defensive ends, linebackers/special teams 1996-1998; Western Illinois defensive coordinator 1999; Western Kentucky linebackers, defensive coordinator 2001-2003). He got his first NFL job in 2004 in Oakland, and he coached the Raiders’ linebackers through 2008. He joined coach Josh McDaniels’ staff a year ago.

MOBILE, Ala. — Former Broncos defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has been in his new job for only a week or so, but there he was Wednesday working with the South team’s defense in workouts leading up to Saturday’s Senior Bowl.

The Miami Dolphins staff is coaching the South team for the game while the Detroit Lions staff is coaching the North team.

Nolan said Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano has a similar policy as Broncos coach Josh McDaniels in regard to assistant coaches speaking in public forums, so Nolan said after the workout he could not discuss why he and McDaniels parted ways.

He did say he was still trying to get settled into his new job — “it’s only been a few days, but you’re always excited about new opportunities and I’m excited about this one.”

The Broncos added more Super Bowl pedigree to their coaching staff with the hiring of Bob Ligashesky, who served the past three seasons as special teams coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ligashesky, 46, will be the new tight ends coach on a Broncos’ staff headed by Josh McDaniels.

Ben McDaniels, Josh’s younger brother, will become the quarterbacks’ coach, a move that allows Mike McCoy to devote all his time to his offensive coordinator duties.

The tight ends job became available when offensive line coach Rick Dennison left to become the Houston Texans’ offensive coordinator and after McDaniels moved Clancy Barone to offensive line coach.

Barone, an NFL veteran coach and longtime offensive line coach in college, and newly hired offensive line assistant Boby Wylie will help the Broncos move away from their zone-blocking system.
No zone-blocking run team has reached the Super Bowl, much less won it, since the 1998 Broncos led by Terrell Davis and John Elway.

The Broncos also formally hired Eric Studesville to replace Bobby Turner as their running backs coach. Studesville had coached running backs previously with the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills.

The team is also negotiating a new contract for special teams assistant Keith Burns. McDaniels is not yet ready to announce his new defensive coordinator to replace Mike Nolan, who left to take a similar position with the Miami Dolphins. Broncos linebackers coach Don Martindale is a candidate.

Now hold a minute here. Mike Nolan meets with Josh McDaniels on Monday and they mutually decide to separate. And Nolan already has a job by Tuesday morning with the Miami Dolphins?

No doubt, Nolan was looking to leave before he met with McDaniels. And there can be no doubt Nolan had the Dolphins’ job lined up before he met with McDaniels. Which is fine because there’s probably a decent chance McDaniels had former New England defensive coordinator Dean Pees in his back pocket before the Nolan meeting Monday.

What this should tell Bronco fans is despite all the conspiracy theories getting thrown around out there, the phrase “mutually agreed to part ways” should be taken at face value. This would have been a firing if not for a resignation. And it would have been a resignation if not for a firing.

Nolan has told some people that McDaniels is a bright young coach but he has a different style. Pees understands that style.

Less than 24 hours after his departure from the Broncos became public, Mike Nolan has accepted an offer to become the Miami Dolphins’ defensive coordinator, a league source said Monday afternoon.

Nolan, who spent just one season as the Broncos defensive coordinator, and the team termed the exit a parting “of ways” Monday. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano moved quickly to secure Nolan, even as the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears had begun to show interest.

Nolan replaces Paul Pasqualoni, who was fired in the wake of the Dolphins 7-9 finish. Miami surrendered 390 points this past season, the third-highest total in the AFC.

Sparano favors a 3-4 scheme, which Nolan has used in stops in Baltimore, San Francisco and Denver. Nolan also worked on the same Ravens staff as Jets head coach Rex Ryan and has worked for former Partriots assistant Josh McDaniels, so he has some familiarity with his AFC East foes.

On the Broncos coaching staff, it is the job that comes with the short straw.

Because since Mike Shanahan fired Larry Coyer as the team’s defensive coordinator following the 2006 season — Shanahan believed Coyer had gone too easy on some Broncos players in the postseason analysis after the Broncos had gone 2-5 down the stretch to finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs — the position has become a one-and-done deal.

There was Jim Bates in 2007, who had even been given the assistant head coach title. But he didn’t even make it out of the season’s first half before Shanahan was in the defensive meeting room stirring things up because of the Broncos couldn’t stop the run. The Broncos eventually finished 30th in the league in run defense that year.

Bates was offered a demotion for ’08 and and told he would no longer call the defensive plays so he decided to leave instead. So, Bob Slowik was the defensive coordinator in ’08 and was then fired along with Shanahan and most of Shanahan’s staff after and 8-8 finish when the team couldn’t stop anything. The Broncos finished 27th against the run, 26th against the pass, 29th overall and 30th in scoring defense.

So Mike Nolan was tabbed this past season to oversee the switch to the 3-4 and he’s out because, in essence, he wanted to do a little more overseeing the defensive plan than Josh McDaniels wanted him to –the kind of football break-up that is always termed an amicable “parting of ways.” And there was the little matter the Broncos again couldn’t stop the run, finishing 26th in the league in run defense.

So Dean Pees is next. Pees, having parted ways with the Patriots in recent days — amicably as well — runs the kind of 3-4 scheme McDaniels wants, has worked with McDaniels before and was a long-time college assistant before joining Bill Belichick’s staff in New England in 2004.

It has been an NFL tradition at times for a head coach to make life tough on the opposite of the ball that he oversees. The former defensive coordinators in charge often change offensive coordinators plenty, figuring they can fix any defensive problems on their own, while the former offensive coordinators — like Shanahan and McDaniels — always seem to be running the defensive coordinators through the office turnstiles.

But the bottom line is the Broncos had four different defensive coordinators in the last four seasons, with Pees set to be the fifth in five years. So the only things they have consistently done over that time is be unable to stop the run and pushing out the guy who was in charge of that.

Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Mike Nolan works with his players during practice at camp on Aug. 4, 2009, at Dove Valley. Nolan announced today he would be parting ways with the organization after meeting with head coach Josh McDaniels. (Photo by John Leyba, The Denver Post)

Correction Appended

The Broncos getting rid of their defensive coordinator? No. What were the odds? I thought that was only supposed to happen on days of the week ending in Y.

Here we go again. Barely one year after his hiring, Josh McDaniels just did something that had become a tradition during the Mike Shanahan era. He parted ways with his defensive coordinator.

Here’s what matters: Regardless of who replaces Nolan, he won’t find success unless McDaniels upgrades the team’s defensive front seven. Which, come to think of it, is the same thing we kept finding ourselves saying after Shanahan gassed his latest coordinator.

Nolan becomes the sixth defensive coordinator to leave since the end of the 2000 season, when Greg Robinson was shown the door at Dove Valley. After Robinson, there was Ray Rhodes, who left for what he called health reasons, only to resurface six weeks later with the Seahawks, generating a widespread “hmmmm’’ from Bronco Nation.

DENVER — The Broncos currently have seven linebackers on its roster heading into the first minicamp next week. That’s not a lot, so look for the team to add to its depth at the position through the 2009 draft.

But like we did yesterday with defensive linemen, let’s look at who actually is already here, and see how these guys might contribute in Mike Nolan’s new 3-4 defense:

D.J. Williams: A team captain in 2008, Williams has played every linebacker in a 3-4, and the new defense means yet another position change. But Williams is athletic and versatile enough that he should be able to handle it. The question now is if Williams, 6-1, 240, is better suited to play inside or outside linebacker, because he should be able to line up at either spot.

Boss Bailey: Bailey has somewhat been the forgotten man in the defensive reshuffling after the 2008 season because of the season-ending knee injury he suffered in late October. But Bailey could be a key component to a 3-4 defense. A natural outside linebacker, Bailey was the lynch pin to the success the Broncos had in when it experimented with that scheme last fall because of his ability to both line up in the box and drop back in pass coverage.

Wesley Woodyard: The undrafted rookie in 2008 quickly became a fan favorite for the job he did filling in when Williams was injured in November. He’s athletic, fast and a quick learner, but it is unclear how he will fit into the 3-4. Expect Woodyard to be one of the top special teams players, as well.

Spencer Larsen: He’s still listed as a fullback/linebacker on the Broncos roster, but Larsen wants his long-term career to be on defense. He is a natural middle linebacker who must play inside in the 3-4. Like Woodyard, Larsen should be a top player on special teams once again in 2009.

Louis Green: On the Broncos’ roster since 2003, Green is one of the longest tenured Broncos, mostly because of his special teams play. No reason to believe at this point that his role will change much in 2009.

Mario Haggan: At 6-3, 262, Haggan is one of the tam’s biggest and most versatile linebackers. The new coaching staff is looking for guys who can play a variety of roles, and Haggan could be one of them.

Andra Davis: The newcomer of the bunch — he signed as a free agent from Cleveland — Davis has the most experience in the 3-4 defense, which will be crucial to helping his new teammates pick up the intricacies of the system. He’s also a proven leader and has a strong locker room presence. Expect him to start at one of the two inside linebacker positions.

Yes, it is conceivable that the Broncos will take a quarterback in the 2009 draft, even in the first round — should Mark Sanchez be available at No. 12 — but let’s get real. The team has major needs in the front 7, especially as it starts the transition to a 3-4 defensive scheme.

As it stands now, the team has few ideal players to line up at the two defensive end spots and at nose tackle. And the Broncos can surely use a couple more defensive end-linebacker hybrid types to rush the passer.

Now that the whole Jay Cutler mess is over, we’ll really be able to focus on the draft preparation in coming weeks. So before we start pouring over the prospects, let’s take a quick look at the players currently on the roster, starting with the defensive linemen. On Thursday, we’ll look at the linebackers.

Defensive ends:

Tim Crowder: The team’s 2nd round pick in 2007 was a non-entity in 2008 and was inactive for more games than he played. But, at 6-4 and 275, there is hope that he’ll fit better at end in the 3-4 defense.

Elvis Dumervil: Perhaps the most intriguing of the current crop of defensive linemen. Dumervil has never played in a 3-4 and we’ll likely see coaches experimenting with his role throughout the spring and summer. Don’t be surprised to see him play both as a down lineman and also at outside linebacker.

Jarvis Moss: Like Dumervil, Moss could be in for a position switch. Moss, listed last season at 265 pounds, was hoping to put on at least 10 pounds in the offseason, and if he’s successful, it will certainly only help his pass rushing skills. Still, he could be best suited to be an outside linebacker in the new system. He said he sometimes played in coverage during his last season at Florida.

Darrell Reid: Reid was a backup defensive tackle for Indianapolis, but he’ll be moving outside — either to end or to outside linebacker here. You have to like a player with that much versatility. Just wait, Bronco Fans, you’ll like this guy a lot.

Ryan McBean: A member of the practice squad here in 2008. At 6-5, 290 pounds, he’s got the body type to be a solid end in the 3-4.

Defensive end/tackles

Kenny Peterson: He played inside all season for the Broncos in 2008, even during that failed flirtation with the 3-4 early in the season. But Peterson expects that he’ll play primarily outside in Mike Nolan’s new Denver defense. Peterson had three sacks in 2008.

Marcus Thomas: Thomas, 6-3, 305, was one of the team’s two starting defensive tackles in 2008 (along with Dewayne Robertson). He’s not bulky enough to be a true nose tackle but does have the athleticism to potentially be a very effective end.

Nic Clemons: Clemons, 6-6, 300, was a reserve tackle/end from 2008, and his role is also unclear in the new scheme. But the new coaching staff jettisoned so many of the other 2008 players, yet Clemons is still here, so perhaps coaches think he can contribute.

Defensive tackles:

Ronald Fields: Pencil him in at the top of the depth chart this spring at nose tackle. Fields, 6-2, 315, was a reserve in San Francisco, but he knows Nolan’s defense and has the most experience at that anchor spot of any of the team’s current linemen.

J’Vonne Parker: Another free agent acquisition, Parker — at 6-4, 325 — is the team’s biggest defensive player. But he’s also unproven, so coaches will be keeping a close eye on his development through the spring and training camp.

Carlton Powell: The Broncos drafted Powell, 6-3, 300, in the fifth round of the 2008 draft, but he injured his Achilles tendon just before the start of training camp last summer. This will basically be Powell’s rookie year all over again.

Matthias Askew: Another holdover from the 2008 practice squad, Askew’s name already has come up when Josh McDaniels listed the players who will get a look at defensive tackle. Too soon to tell what he can do.

DANA POINT, Calif. — While we’ll have wall-to-wall Josh McDaniels-Jay Cutler coverage throughout DenverPost.com and tomorrow’s print edition (remember those? please buy one!), I wanted to pass along a couple of other more newsy nuggets from McDaniels’ hour-long sit down with the media here on Tuesday morning.

About that defense: “I think it’s really important that we see where we finish this spring, and head into training camp in terms of our personnel. I don’t think we can really sit there today and say, ‘That looks perfect.’ In terms of playing them as a 3-4 or as a 4-3, I think we have guys that can do a lot of things. Versatility is a huge thing for what we’re going to try to do on defense.”

Our take: McDaniels and defensive coordinator Mike Nolan might have a vision for the defense, but they don’t have all the parts yet, especially on the defensive line. So don’t feel bad if you aren’t sure what this defense will look like come September, because it doesn’t seem like McDaniels really knows either.

About the offensive line (it is important to note that the offensive line is the only unit that has been virtually unaffected by the new regime. All five starters return. Still, McDaniels did acknowledge that guys like Ben Hamilton and Casey Wiegmann are smaller than typical interior linemen he is used to.): “The biggest thing to me in terms of size is can they anchor? Can they anchor the pocket without getting pushed into the quarterback? … But the guys we have, Wiegmann, Hamilton, even though they’re a little lighter, they play with great leverage, and that’s the big thing for me. We can play with those guys, and they’re going to play well. ”

Our take: Perhaps the best move McDaniels has made since being hired was the one he DIDN’T make — and that’s keeping Rick Dennison and the entire line in tact.

About what Denver’s running game might look like in 2009: “Our playbook looks pretty nice in terms of what we’ll be able to do in the running game because we’ve carried over plenty of what they do and what they’ve done, and we’ve added what we’ve done in New England.”

Our take: I think McDaniels’ first genuine smile of his interview came during this question, like he is truly excited about the prospects of drawing up running plays. Look for Denver to combine the best part of Denver’s age-old zone-blocking scheme with some of the multiple-back sets New England liked to run. Again, keeping Bobby Turner as running backs coach was a smart move.

On the AFC West, which technically has three new head coaches in McDaniels, Kansas City’s Todd Haley and Oakland’s Tom Cable (Cable had the “interim” tagged removed): “It’s a pain in the butt to get ready for them in the offseason. You’ve got teams like Kansas City that obviously are going to run a different offense, a different defense. Oakland, I don’t know if they’re going to run a different offense and defense, but it’s going to be a little different. So your preparation in the spring is a little difficult because you can’ tjust turn on the tape from last season and go “OK, that’s what we have to beat next year” because its going to change. San Diego should be the one constant there, but as you’re getting ready for your division opponents in the offseason, which you normally always do, this makes it a little more challenged because you’ve had to much turnover.”

Our take: AFC West teams didn’t necessarily play the best football in 2008, but the games were often interesting (remember those wild finishes between San Diego and Kansas City? Jay Cutler’s “fumble” against San Diego? Oakland’s surprising win at Denver?). All these new faces, schemes and personalities mean 2009 could be just as nutty.

About knowing if he was ready to be an NFL head coach at age 32: “I don’t know if you’re ever totally prepared. Was I prepared to be an offensive coordinator, you know? Was I prepared to be the quarterbacks coach in 2004? I think you get confidence from those people around you that are willing to put you in those positions. Obviously Mr. Bowlen and the people in Denver who went through the search felt very strongly that I was ready and capable. I have a lot of confidence in what I can do and what I have done, and I’m absolutely looking forward to the challenge.”

Our take: If you weren’t looking at him, you’d forget McDaniels is only 32 years old based on his level of confidence and the serious way he approaches all aspects of his job. The only thing McDaniels probably hates talking about more than Jay Cutler is his own age. If he is able to win this season, all that age talk will disappear. If not, it might be considered a liability. (I will, however, go on record that Tampa coach Raheem Morris looks even younger than McDaniels does. Morris, who interviewed for the Broncos’ job, could fit in on any college campus).

DENVER — Josh McDaniels’ first staff is nearly complete, with the official hirings of eight assistant coaches in the past week.

Here’s the list, as it stands now:

Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks – Mike McCoy

Running backs – Bobby Turner

Offensive line – Rick Dennison

Wide receivers – Adam Gase

Defensive coordinator – Mike Nolan

Linebackers – Don Martindale

Secondary – Ed Donatell

Defensive line – Wayne Nunnely

Special teams – Mike Priefer

Assistants – Ben McDaniels and Jay Rodgers

(Note – the hirings of Nolan, Turner and Dennison have not been formally announced by the team.)

So who are the big winners in this group?

1. Martindale. He leaves the Raiders (never a bad thing, right?) and inherits possibly the deepest group of players on the Broncos’ defense, though the group will likely need some reshuffling as the team transitions to a 3-4 scheme. But any group that has a veteran leader (D.J. Williams) and young talent (Wesley Woodyard, Spencer Larsen) is a good start.

2. Donatell: His last job was as the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington. You might remember that the Huskies did not win a single game in 2008. And now he gets to coach Champ Bailey? Score! Donatell led the Broncos’ secondary on Mike Shanahan’s first staff and was the first of Shanahan’s assistants to be hired away after the team won its back-to-back Super Bowls.

3. Gase: He goes from a general offensive assistant job in San Francisco to leading a group of players that includes Brandon Marshall, Eddie Royal and Brandon Stokley. Sounds like a nice promotion to me.

4. McDaniels: The younger brother of the head coach, McDaniels is joining his first NFL staff. Last year he coached quarterbacks at a very prominent high school team (Massillon) in Ohio.

The Broncos’ biggest gets:

1. Nunnely: The Broncos now have a defensive line coach well versed in the 3-4 scheme. After spending 12 years in San Diego, Nunnely knows what it takes to have a successful defensive line and what type of players he needs to fortify a team’s run defense.

2. Turner: For the past 15 years, the Broncos have been famous for their running game, and Turner is possibly the main reason why. He was on Shanahan’s staff since 1995. He knows running back talent and his players love him. Keeping him here in Denver was a very smart move for McDaniels.

And how about the rest of Shanahan’s assistants, who were not retained by the new staff?

As The Post as previously reported, several have already landed other jobs: Jeremy Bates is an assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at the University of Southern California; Scott O’Brien will coach special teams in New England; Bill Johnson will coach the defensive line in New Orleans. And today, receivers coach Jedd Fisch was formally hired as the offensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota, under head coach Tim Brewster (another former Shanahan assistant).

Bates surely is a winner in this situation. Joining Pete Carroll’s staff is by no means a demotion (staying in Denver? That would have been a demotion, even if not in title), and surely it won’t be long before Bates becomes a head coach somewhere.

So, Broncos Fans, what do you think of McDaniels’ new staff? Who was the new coach’s best hire? Any one you aren’t sure about? We would love to hear your opinions!

DENVER — As new Broncos’ coach Josh McDaniels works this week to assemble his first staff in Denver, a slew of Mike Shanahan’s former assistants are busy trying to find jobs of their own.

The most interesting development is how the San Francisco 49ers seem to be interested in several of them.

Offensive coordinator/line coach Rick Dennison has already interviewed to be the offensive coordinator on Mike Singletary’s staff there. He would be a good fit if the Niners want a coordinator with a run-first philosophy.

The 49ers also had a phone interview with former Broncos tight ends coach Pat McPherson for the team’s quarterbacks coach job. McPherson coached the quarterbacks in Denver from 2003-2006. Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee speculates that the 49ers could be considering Dennison and McPherson as a package deal, though there is no indication that either of them is the favorite for the respective jobs.

In that same blog, Barrows writes that the 49ers might also be interested in Jeremy Bates — Denver’s quarterback coach who is still under contract with the Broncos for three years. But conventional wisdom says that Bates — despite any previous endorsement from Jay Cutler — is likely done in Denver now that Josh McDaniels will both call the plays and work closely with the quarterbacks. Bates would basically have to accept a demotion to stay in Denver. Who could blame him for wanting to look elsewhere?

Check out one more interesting story from the Bay Area, this one from San Jose Mercury News columnist John Ryan. It’s about new Denver defensive coordinator Mike Nolan … and it’s cautioning Denver fans from getting to excited about Nolan coming in and fixing the defense right away. Ryan was reacting to a quote from Broncos defacto-GM Jim Goodman, who on Monday told The Denver Post that we might see some sort of a hybrid 3-4 / 4-3 defensive scheme at some point. Writes Ryan: “Oh God, for the sake of Denver fans’ sanity, please let him be talking about a Prius. … The hybrid, of course, is the sometimes 4-3, sometimes 3-4, never effective defense Nolan employed to ride the team into the ground for the first half of 2008.”

Mike Klis has been with The Denver Post since 1998, after working 13 years with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Major League Baseball was Klis' initial passion. He started covering the Colorado Rockies after Coors Field was approved for construction in August 1990.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.